Spectrum Magazine & Adventist Forum

Linda (nee Nelson Abo) Damaro, the wife of Kadasa Damaro, a pastor and ministerial secretary of the Central Papua Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, died in the early hours of July 17 while accompanying her husband during the Solomon Islands for Christ campaign, according to an official statement from the Central Papua Conference.

Amid the Industrial Revolution’s promise of progress, two prophetic voices rejected the optimism of their age. They foretold totalizing conflict, manipulated truth, and technological domination.

How do their 19th century visions mirror a 21st century world?

When an executive’s six-year tenure at Andrews University gets redefined through a painful oversight, one courageous student provides an unforgettable lesson on grace and accountability, and demonstrates how impactful forgiveness can be.

Ryan Burge, who publishes the bestselling Substack newsletter Graphs About Religion, recently produced a data set examining Seventh-day Adventists.

In the July 9 analysis, Burge described the denomination as frequently overlooked despite having about 1.3 million members in the US.

His data showed that Adventists are geographically dispersed, racially diverse, and highly engaged in church life.